INDEX. 371 



Pear, 281. used to poison King John, 282. how preserved, 288- 



trees, made fruitful by ring-barking, 285. when to be pruned, 



288. 



Perry, 285. 



Pine-apple, 2.90. where indigenous, 291. when first seen in Eng- 

 land, 292. by whom first cultivated, 294. of great size, 297. 



grown without artificial heat, 296. imported for sale, 298. 

 Pippins, when first introduced, 33. why so called, 34. golden 



pippins, 34, 37, 39- 

 Plantain-tree, 300. the fruit, 301. 

 Plants, what number cultivated, (Introduction) vii. 

 Plum, 305. how forced, 307- soil and situation suitable to, 309. 



medical qualities, 309- how pruned, 310. 

 Pomegranate, 311. when brought into Europe, 312. medical 



qualities, 313. favourite tree of the nightingale, 314. 

 Pumpkin, 315. how cooked, 316. 



Queen Elizabeth, encouraged horticulture, (Introduction) v. 

 Quince, 318. said to be the golden apple of Hesperides, 319- from 



whence brought, 320. 



wine, receipt for making, 321. 



Raspberry, 323. its qualities, 325. how pruned, 325. 



Heine Claude plum, why so called, 306. 



Ring-barking, its utility, 285. 



Service-berry, 335. 



Seville orange, 273. 



Shaddock, 222. 



Silk-trade, its origin, 248. when introduced into Greece, 249. 



encouraged by Queen Elizabeth, 250. 



machine, by whom introduced, 252. 



Snowberry, 120. 



Squash-gourd, 173. 



Strawberry, 326. when cultivated, 327- Keen's experiments on, 



329- their culture, 331. on watering, 331. their qualities, 



333. 



Superstition of the Romans, 128. 

 Sussex celebrated for oak, 4, 1 0. 

 Sycophant, derivation of the word, 1 50. 

 Sympathy of Plants explained, 80, 156. 



